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Is RFID Really That Scary?

Posted by timothy on from the relaaaaaax-citizen dept.

tcd004 writes "Defcon participant Chris Paget demonstrated his ability to capture RFID data from people hundreds of feet away for the PBS NewsHour. Paget went through the regular laundry list of security concerns over RFID: people can be tracked, their information accessed, their identities comprimised. Not so fast, says Mark Roberti of RFID Journal. Mark challenges Paget to point to a single instance where RFID was successfully used for nefarious purposes. The signals are too weak and the data is too obscure, according to Roberti. So who is right? Has RFID yet lead to a single instance of identity theft, illegal monitoring, or other security compromise?"

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  1. Great Idea by tmosley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, let's rely on security through obscurity. That has always worked for us.

  2. Re:If only the chips worked! by Jake+Griffin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...which is a far higher rate than we were led to expect....

    FTFY... Just because TFA misspelled the word "led," doesn't mean you should too.

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